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Former senator to head National Catholic Education Commission
Australia’s bishops have appointed former Victorian senator Scott Ryan as the next executive director of the National Catholic Education Commission, succeeding Jacinta Collins.
Ukrainian bishops visit Canberra for talks
Executive staff of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference secretariat have met with members of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Government will ‘stand firm’ as under-16s ban comes into effect
Communications Minister Anika Wells has vowed to “stand firm” against looming legal challenges and pressure from technology giants as the Government’s under-16s social media ban comes into effect today. Source: The Australian.
New priests called to be ‘good baristas’
Two missionaries of the Neocatechumenal Way were ordained as priests of the Sydney Archdiocese by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP on Friday in St Mary’s Cathedral. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Victorian Government makes historic apology to Aboriginal people
The Victorian Government has made a historic apology to Aboriginal Victorians in one of the first public acts to follow the signing of the state’s treaty agreement. Source: ABC News.
Catholic organisations call for introduction of Human Rights Act
As the world today marks the United Nations Human Rights Day, Catholic organisations have joined a campaign calling for Australia to introduce a Human Rights Act.
Faithful urged to return to ‘Five First Saturdays’ devotion
Your mother would like a word about some unfinished business – your Blessed Mother, that is, who in 1925 asked the faithful to fulfill the First Saturdays devotion. Source: OSV News.
New York Archdiocese to set up $450m fund for sexual abuse victims
The New York Archdiocese will set up a $US300 million ($A452m) fund to compensate victims of sexual abuse who have sued the Church. Source: NCR Online.
Gunmen in Nigeria release 100 schoolchldren, 200 still held
A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month and released over the weekend were hosted at a government-organised ceremony on Monday, many of them looking lost but relieved. Source: Crux.